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Welcome to The Psychology Podcast with Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman, where we give you insights into the mind, brain, behavior and creativity. Each episode we’ll feature a guest who will stimulate your mind, and give you a greater understanding of your self, others, and the world we live in. Hopefully, we’ll also provide a glimpse into human possibility! Thanks for listening and enjoy the podcast.Read more »

Welcome to The Psychology Podcast with Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman, where we give you insights into the mind, brain, behavior and creativity. Each episode we’ll feature a guest who will stimulate your mind, and give you a greater understanding of your self, others, and the world we live in. Hopefully, we’ll also provide a glimpse into human possibility! Thanks for listening and enjoy the podcast.Read Less

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147: How the Mind and Culture Evolve

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"It's going to be Okay."-- Steve Stewart-Williams

Today I’m delighted to have Steve Stewart-Williams on the podcast. Dr. Stewart-Williams is a New Zealander who moved to Canada, then to Wales, and then to Malaysia, where he is now an associate professor of psychology at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. His first book, Darwin, God, and the Meaning of Life, was published in 2010 and his latest book is The Ape That Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve.

In this episode we cover the following topics:

What would the human species look like from the perspective of an alien?

Are humans just evolved fish?

How far does evolutionary psychology take us in understanding human nature?

What are some common myths about the evolutionary process?

How we can be evolutionary “losers” and still be human success stories

The distinction between altruism and selfishness

Why the evolutionary psychology perspective is not enough to understand human nature

How culture evolved among humans

The link between human creativity and cultural evolution

The potential human conflict between passing on genes vs. passing on memes

Today I’m delighted to have Steve Stewart-Williams on the podcast. Dr. Stewart-Williams is a New Zealander who moved to Canada, then to Wales, and then to Malaysia, where he is now an associate professor of psychology at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. His first book, Darwin, God, and the Meaning of Life, was published in 2010 and his latest book is The Ape That Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve.

In this episode we cover the following topics:

What would the human species look like from the perspective of an alien?

Are humans just evolved fish?

How far does evolutionary psychology take us in understanding human nature?

What are some common myths about the evolutionary process?

How we can be evolutionary “losers” and still be human success stories

The distinction between altruism and selfishness

Why the evolutionary psychology perspective is not enough to understand human nature

How culture evolved among humans

The link between human creativity and cultural evolution

The potential human conflict between passing on genes vs. passing on memes